Meet the Team

Justine Hawkins

Ebbon Automotive MD

Justine joined the company in 2012 and her responsibilities are to provide guidance and manage the success of the UK & European strategy. She has worked within the automotive industry for over 25 years, with 3 of those years spent living and working in Germany. She loves to travel to sunny, beachside destinations with her family.

Keith Allen

Licence Check MD

Keith joined Licence Check as MD and is responsible for strategy, sales and day to day management of the business. He’s worked in the leasing and fleet management sector for 26 years and has a wealth of knowledge on the subject. Outside of work he enjoys playing gold, supporting Manchester City and Bath Rugby.

Yvette Giannini

DriverCheck Head of Operations

Yvette, a highly experienced and organised professional, joined DriverCheck in June 2021 and heads up the day-to-day operations. When not supporting clients and DriverCheck’s busy office, Yvette is running about after 2 young children who have much better social lives than she does.

Steve Larkin

Group Technical Director

Steve has amassed a wealth of software development and delivery experience having worked with the company’s software systems in various roles over the past 20 years. He is passionate about learning and enjoys assisting people on their journey to realising their potential. Steve has an almost unlimited ability to ask the question “why?”

Katy Holding

Group Head of Marketing

Katy has been with the company for over seven years and was responsible for transforming the DAVIS brand. Following a long career in beauty marketing, she made the transition to software and has never looked back. Katy is also a qualified yoga teacher and enjoys bringing mindfulness and balance into everyday life.

Kevin Stopps

Group Financial Controller

Kevin joined Ebbon in 2003 and is responsible for the company finances. He previously worked in automotive finance where he developed a keen interest in finance and accounting IT systems, so is always on the lookout for accounting processes that could benefit from automation. He lives in Oxfordshire with his wife and two children and enjoys riding his bike to keep fit.

Charles Isles

Ebbon Intelligence Product Head

Charles applies his love of technology to creating the next generation of the Group’s products. Before working at Ebbon, Charles gained experience in the insurance, travel and fintech sectors. Outside of work, you’ll typically find him either learning how to use some new tech, making music with friends, or persuading his children that board games count as entertainment.

Colin Brown

Licence Check COO

Colin ensures the operations side of the Licence Check business runs as smoothly as possible. He was a co-founder of Licence Check Limited along with his father Richard, who has now retired. He loves to travel with his wife and 3 children and brought a tent during lockdown for some UK adventures.

Jenny Found

Group HR Manager

Jenny oversees Human Resources for the Ebbon Group, ensuring all the staff are well supported and answering any queries they may have. She recently ran a half marathon, raising money for Cancer Research and loves to relax with a good book and a glass of wine in the evenings.

James Povah

Licence Check Senior Product Manager

James is our DAVIS developer and is responsible for product innovation and sustainability. There is nothing he doesn’t know about DAVIS and everything else it would seem – he is a long-standing champion of our annual Christmas quiz. He was once under 18 county tennis champion and under 14 country chess champion.

Christina Telford

DriverCheck Accounts

Christina works continuously to ensure client invoices are issued, paid and that monthly management accounts are produced in a timely manner. When Christina switches off from DriverCheck life, she spends her time cooking and baking for family and friends and is a foster carer at the weekend offering support to full time foster carers around Renfrewshire.

Claire Hughes

Head of Commercial – Partnerships

Claire is responsible for looking after OEMs, leasing companies and the retailer network by making sure they are getting the most out of our solutions. She has previously worked in a lease company for 17 years in many different roles. Claire keeps active and enjoys ‘boot camp’ style training sessions and spends most of her weekends watching her children play sport.